By Xinhua
Seoul : The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will conduct an on-site inspection of South Korea’s nuclear waste facility this week, the ministry of science and technology said Wednesday.
A four-member team of the international nuclear watchdog will launch an 11-day review Saturday, said the ministry.
The inspection team, consisting of nuclear experts from the European Union, France and Finland, is expected to look into all related data on the site and check how the facilities are to be built.
They will then interview experts engaged in the project and visit the building site in Gyeongju, 371 km southeast of Seoul, the ministry said.
The state-run Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety started to check on the future nuclear waste site in January. Seoul will invest one trillion won (about $1.08 billion) into the facility that will hold waste products for the next 60 years.